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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 12 (March 1, 1937)

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Coronation year is to see the introduction on the Home railways of new high-speed passenger train services breaking all previous records. His Majesty the King, always intensely interested in railway progress, has graciously given permission for a new daily flyer between London (King's Cross) and Edinburgh, to be named “Coronation.” This London and North Eastern express is to commence running in July. It will be a streamlined service, covering the 392 1/4 miles between the English and Scottish capitals in exactly six hours. This compares with the present quickest timing of 7 1/4 hours by the non-stop “Flying Scotsman.” Later in the year, the King's Cross authorities will introduce another record-breaking streamlined service, this time between London and the Yorkshire cities of Leeds and Bradford. Making the double journey between King's Cross and Yorkshire daily, this train will average 67.6 miles an hour. Both the new Edinburgh and Leeds-Bradford trains will follow on general lines the existing “Silver Jubilee” trains between London and Newcastle. The “Silver Jubilee”—Britain's first streamlined express—carried no fewer than 68,000 passengers in its first year of operation, running 133,464 miles at an average speed of 66 m.p.h. Some 90,000 miles were traversed at 80 m.p.h. or over.